Hey everyone, welcome into another edition of the WogePod here in New York in our Seaport studios with the nearly unanimous NBA rookie of the year, Paula Bunkero of the Orlando Magic, number one overall pick last year.

98 of 100 first place votes.

Paolo, thank you for jumping in.

Busy day for you in the city and appreciate you taking some time to roll through here.

Yes, sir. Thank you for having me on.

Playoffs are starting, Paolo.

Second round starting.

And you look at this Laker Warrior series in the West.

LeBron James, Steph Curry, who've defined this era of NBA basketball.

When you look at those two guys and think of, as you're looking at some of the older stars in the league,

who is the guy in your rookie season when you lined up for the jump ball and looked over and went, whoa.

Whoa.

Yeah. No, I have to be all the way honest. It didn't happen to me one time this year, except when we played against LeBron.

That was the only time.

And it was in Orlando.

And, like, it was just, like, just being out there on the court with him at the, like, at that time, you just felt, like, the whole energy in the arena.

Like, you just felt everybody was there to see him.

And so, like, just when the game got going, I actually had a terrible game,

but, like, I just remember, like, everything he did, whether it could be a misshot, a basket.

Like, it was just the loudest cheers.

And, like, it was really an away game for us.

I just remember being, like, just kind of in shock in shock of just like the amount of attention and fandom he had

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